why we should not override service() method in a servlet

Service method contain the code which checks the request method and invode the proper method based on request method (Ex:- doGet, doPost...)

If you want you can override the service method and that will make your servlet respond to all the HTTP request methods.

But in most cases you need to handle only get and/or post methods so you can simply override doGet and/or doPost methods.

LRMKa at 2007-7-9 5:57:32 >